Novels about books

[Daniel Traister]

Several folks have recommended *The Club Dumas*. One does need to beware
a not very subtle, and deeply dispiriting, undercurrent of homophobia
that characterizes this book.

Robert Grudin, *Book: A Novel* (Random 1992) -- from a lit crit p of v,
not simply conservative but downright reactionary; very funny anyway

Carlos María Domínguez, *The House of Paper* (Harcourt 2005) -- first as
*La casa de papel* (Montevideo: Ediciones de la Banda Oriental, 2002)

Dan Traister
U of Pennsylvania

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[David Beveridge]

"The Historian" by Elizabeth Kostova
"The Mysterious Flame of Queen Luana" Umberto Eco
Just about everything else by Umberto Eco
"The Geographer's Library" by Jon Fasman
"The Shadow of the Wind" by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
"Codex" by Lev Grossman
"Chasing Shakespeares" Sara Smith

[Shannon Clarkin]

I haven't read any of this one, but it is on my own reading list:
How I Fell in Love with a Librarian and Lived to Tell About It

I have recently come across some good children's titles about
libraries and books too:

Beatrice Doesn't Want To
Stella Louella's Runaway Book
The Librarian of Basra
I'm Going to New York to Visit the Lions

Shannon Delaware
Student - SISLT, University of MO - Columbia




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[François Melançon]

And what about : 84, Charing Cross Road, by Helene Hanff.

François Melançon